UN-Habitat urges governments to Partner and Pledge for Sustainable Urbanization
November 27th, 2020
26 November 2020, Nairobi – The UN agency focused on improving lives in cities and towns, UN-Habitat, is calling on Member States to partner on sustainable urbanization during a pledging session next…
Interview with UN-Habitat’s Raf Tuts on resilience building on Devex
November 26th, 2020
Urbanization has for many years been a key driver of development and poverty reduction, but a rapid expansion in city sizes and populations threatens, if unmanaged, to reverse some of these gains.…
UN-Habitat launches distribution of handwashing facilities to schools in Nairobi’s informal settlement
November 26th, 2020
Nairobi, 26 November 2020 – As Kenya’s schools prepare to reopen fully for the first time since March, UN-Habitat and the Chandaria Foundation began distributing hand washing facilities for schools…
Awareness raising workshop in Cameroon looks at Urban-Rural Linkages
November 24th, 2020
Yaounde, Cameroon, 28 August 2020 – The National Awareness Workshop for Cameroonian Stakeholders for the project “Development and Inclusive Integrated Urban and Rural Territories in Africa” was held…
UN Deputy Secretary-General sees impact of UN-Habitat’s Participatory Slum Upgrading Programme in Ghana
November 24th, 2020
Accra, Ghana 16 November 2020 – The UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina J. Mohammed visited the informal settlements of Ussher Town and Jamestown in Ghana’s capital which have been transformed by UN-…
Nepal’s sanitation and hygiene crusader transforms her local community
November 23rd, 2020
Belbari, Morang, Nepal - When Ratna Khawas, now aged 74, first moved in with her husband in his village in eastern Nepal, she was shocked to find that the community did not have any toilets. “I had…
UN-Habitat holds second session of the Executive Board virtually
November 20th, 2020
Nairobi, 27 – 29 October 2020 – The Executive Board of UN-Habitat held its second session for 2020 virtually in keeping with COVID-19 protocols. The President of the UN-Habitat Assembly, Ms. Martha…
UN-Habitat Executive Director features in global report on Mixed Migration
November 19th, 2020
Nov 2020 - The third annual flagship report by the Mixed Migration Centre, the Mixed Migration Review 2020, focusing on mixed migration and cities, has been launched featuring a long interview with…
Flood victims in Lao PDR benefit from Japanese funded housing and water supply
November 16th, 2020
Sanamxay District, Lao PDR, 16 November 2020 – Houses that were reconstructed with Japanese funding following severe flooding two years ago were handed over to local residents at a recent ceremony.…
Youth trained to prevent COVID-19 and mitigate lock down results in Nairobi informal settlement
November 16th, 2020
Nairobi, November 2020 – As the number of COVID-19 cases surged in Kenya, UN-Habitat and partners moved quickly to begin the second phase of the Youth-led Emergency Response Nairobi’s Mathare…
Launch of The Regent Park World Urban Pavilion in Toronto, Canada
November 13th, 2020
Toronto, Canada, 12 November 2020 – An international partnership between UN-Habitat, the Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation, the City of Toronto, the Urban Economy Forum Association, and the…
UN-Habitat releases an urban governance assessment tool
November 12th, 2020
Nairobi 12 November 2020 -- UN-Habitat has launched a practical tool to assess the performance of urban governance. The Governance Assessment Framework for Metropolitan, Territorial and Regional…
Somali civic leaders benefit from assorted training by UN-Habitat and the federal government
November 9th, 2020
Mogadishu, 9 November 2020-- UN-Habitat through the Joint Programme on Local Governance and Decentralization (JPLG) in partnership Somalia’sMinistry of Interior, Federal affairs and Reconciliation (…
#GetYourHousingRight: An Accessible Guide To The Right To Adequate Housing
November 9th, 2020
Nairobi, 9 November 2020 - What does adequate housing really mean? Are Governments bound to respect and fulfill this right and what does that imply? How does the right to adequate housing look like…
Open call for cities to join competition to reduce urban greenhouse gas emissions and improve cities’ futures
November 9th, 2020
London, Nairobi, Stockholm - 9 November 2020 - The Climate Smart Cities Challenge is making an open call to city governments and agencies around the world to join an open competition that aims to…